Improvement in wrench and saw-set combined



GEORGE J.r oArEwELL, or wEsr yeEEsnIRE, ooNNEoTIoUr.

4Letters Patent No. 97,87 7 dated December 14, 1869- yIMPu ovini/terri' IN WRENGH No SAW-SETCMBINED.

`. T he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

To 'whom it may concern.- l Be it known that I, GEORGE J. GAPEWELL, of'

"West Cheshire, in the county" of New Haven, and

State of Gonnecticut,have, as I believe, invented new and. useful Improvements in Hand .Wrenel1es; 'and I. do hereby declare the following to be afull and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings that accompany, and form a part of these specications.

Figure 1 is a view ofthe wrench closed, Figure 2, a viewof thefwrench with the parts in position for turninga large nut.

i Figure 3, a cross-section of the handle on line xx. "The nature of my invention consistsn certain ,im-

'- provemcnts in hand-wrenches, relating to `the structure of the handle-portions, and `also the manner of connecting them toV secure the desired movement of the jaws 'of the wrench, as hereinafter described.

A My invention further consists in providing an ad justable saw-set and wrench in one andthe same lm VLetter-A'represents one .portion of the handle of said wrench. y

Letter B,-an extension of the side of A, forming one of the jaws.

' Letter C, the other portion of the handle and complement to A.

Letter D, extension 'or prolongation of the side G of the handle, and forming theotherjaw of the wrench. Letter E, a spindle, with right and letserew-threads, g g'g, upon it, as represented in the drawings, with the enlarged milled central, portion j; by which the screw E is turned by the force of thumb and linger applied.

`end of handle B.

-Letter fm, anadjustable thumb-screw ttediuto the projection l, as illustrated the'drawings.

Letter o, a slotformed by theslight space between the `inner ends of the sides A andU.

The drawings wiilfford a clear understanding of the manner of opening and closing,A and working the implement.

' hose wrenches can he afforded at a very cheap rate,

and, while they will be equal to the ,monkeywrench for ordinary purposes, they will, in many instances, be entirely superior, as applying readily where the monkey-wrench could not be introduced.

The slot o, and the adjustable' screw tm, provides the u It will be observed that turning .the screw E, the one way or the other, will narrow or widen, as the case may be, the` slot o, and thus gauge it to the thickness of the 'teeth to be set. f

The angle produced by a line from the end of the screw m, at n, to the plane ot' the slot o, will be thev angle of setting or the amount of set given the teeth.

This will be made greater by turning the screw m backward, ,or less by tnrning'this screw forward.

` Taking the tool in hand, and slipping the slot a over a saw=tooth, and bearing awaythe outer end of the wrench until the end a'of the screw fm. presses against the saw-plate, will set'the tooth. The manner of holding and retaining the saw-plate may be that which proves most convenient to the -t|peraton` I do not claim operating the jaws of a handfwrench by means 'of a iight and lett' screw, as that has been done before. l

What I do claim as oi my invention, and 'desire to secnrebyLetters Patent, isi 1. The sides composed of grooved handle-part A,

having prolongation B, and the tongue-d handle-part C, having prolongation D, connected at their inner ends by rivet Il., and opened or closed by screw E, when constructed and arranged to operate substantially as 2. Providing in one and the same implement, a

wrench and saw-set, when the parts are constructed and arranged substantially as illustrated and described.- 1n testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGEJ. CAPEWELL. Witnesses:

-EUNIoE B. ConNwELL,

GORNELIA A. SORNWELL. 

